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Moscow has for months been pushing Russians to install Max -- a super-app that lacks encryption and that critics say could be used to track people

Super-app that lacks encryption

EU sanctions target Russian state-backed messaging app

The Swiss economic affairs ministry said the two countries aimed to have the agreement signed before the end of the year

Two-year process

Switzerland, Britain conclude 'modernised' free trade deal talks

Croatian head coach Slaven Bilic

After Dalic's resignation

Slaven Bilic returns as Croatia coach

Dozens of women were detained by the Taliban government's morality police in early June on accusations they were violating official dress codes by not wearing the body-cloaking chador or burqa

'Everything is fine in Herat'

Taliban says 'no oppression' of Afghan women after dress crackdown

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced the arrest of a top military unit commander for murder

Supposed to be flagship fighting force

Commander of Ukraine's French-trained brigade arrested in murder probe

Pressure has intensified on the EU executive to establish a bloc-wide ban like Australia last year

Pressure intensifying

EU to limit children's access to social media - gradually

India captain Harmanpreet Kaur celebrates her fifty against England in the inaugural women's Test at Lord's

270-run victory

India thrash England in historic first women's Test at Lord's

Flowers were left on a partially melted electric keyboard, after a deadly fire at the Bangkok venue

At least 28 people died

Thai bandmates recount chaos of deadly Bangkok bar fire

Nigeria's oil production has historically been hampered by pipeline theft

1.56 million barrels per day

Nigeria oil output hits six-year high, above OPEC target

Tables and chairs covered in ash in the aftermath of a fire at Bangkok's Rong Beer Na Lat Phrao bar

Authorities launch investigation

Thailand probes Bangkok bar fire that killed 28

All Joer ginn zu Pamplona d'Stéieren duerch d'Gaasse gedriwwen

Bull running in Spain

Thousands flock to Pamplona for controversial San Fermin festival

The desalination plant on Vulcano has made it autonomous for drinking water, but other islands in the Aeolian archipelago rely on ships bringing cisterns

Set to build more desalination plants

‘Almost like gold’: water debate rages on Italy’s Aeolian Islands

The cast of "The Odyssey" pose with director Christopher Nolan (right) at the Paris premiere

Set to be one of the year's biggest blockbusters

Christopher Nolan returns with "The Odyssey" blockbuster

Venetia accounts for more than 40 percent of South Africa's annual diamond production and is the largest producer by value

To reduce costs

De Beers to pause work at S.Africa's largest diamond mine

Jesse Kriel scored a 78th-minute try to seal a 42-28 victory for South Africa over Scotland in a thrilling Nations Championship match in Pretoria on Saturday

Young fly-half Moyo to debut for Springboks against Wales

A firefighter examines the destroyed building of a medical facility hit by a missile strike in Dnipro in May 2023

More than 20 attacks

MSF slams 'deliberate' Russian destruction of Ukraine's health system

Prominent US Senator Lindsey Graham, a key ally of President Donald Trump, died on Saturday aged 71 following a "brief and sudden illness," his office said

Foreign policy hawk

US senator and Trump ally Lindsey Graham dies aged 71

Horse racing with child jockeys is a defining feature of Naadam, Mongolia's biggest cultural festival

Country's biggest cultural festival

Mongolia's child jockeys ready to race in annual festival

The Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping route for the world's oil, is a major source of contention between the United States and Iran

President Trump declares ceasefire over

US hits Iran as Gulf states targeted in flareup over Hormuz

Officials have described the fire as 'very virulent' and of 'exceptional scale'

'Exceptional scale'

Huge fire rages in Fontainebleau forest near Paris

Lifestyle app Xiaohongshu has 350 million monthly active users

Domestic travel booming

'Indispensable' Xiaohongshu app fuels Chinese tourism

People with ichthyosis, a condition in which bodies cannot cool themselves normally, take special precautions during summer

Unable to sweat properly

Spaniard's rare skin disorder ups danger of summer heat

Recent days saw a third annual flag football competition staged by the National Football League (NFL) in Africa -- a non-contact version of the sport that has grown in popularity around the world and will make its Olympics debut at the 2028 Los Angeles Games

Expanding internationally

NFL seeks to break into Africa with Kenya competition

Jose Contreras said immigration officials laughed when he asked for a stay extension because his wife was about to have their first child

'Unlawful and inhumane'

Protected but deported anyway, as Trump goes after 'dreamers'

Julian Alvarez (R) celebrates after scoring a crucial extra-time goal for Argentina in their World Cup quarter-final win over Switzerland on Saturday

Battle of elite sharpshooters

World Cup gets set for pair of blockbuster semi-finals

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is scheduled to visit the devastated area on Monday

Evacuees allowed to return home after deadly wildfire in Spain stabilises

Thousands of people have been left homeless by the twin earthquakes, especially in the hardest-hit coastal state of La Guaira

Venezuela quake death toll rises to 4,490

Tom Kim ended a three-year wait for a major title by winning the Scottish Open

Two-shot victory

South Korea's Tom Kim wins Scottish Open to end three-year title drought

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